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Somehow this historical wikipedia quote about profits relationship to beauty and trendiness smells appropriate: "The Roman historian Suetonius reports that whe
by VLM 10y ago
Somehow this historical wikipedia quote about profits relationship to beauty and trendiness smells appropriate:
"The Roman historian Suetonius reports that when Vespasian's son Titus complained about the disgusting nature of the tax, his father held up a gold coin and asked whether he felt offended by its smell (sciscitans num odore offenderetur). When Titus said "No", Vespasian replied, "Yet it comes from urine" (Atqui ex lotio est)."
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- DrScump 10y agoBackground on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecunia_non_olet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecunia_non_olet